5 Personality Traits of Intelligent People

They’re highly adaptable.
Several Quora users noted that intelligent people are flexible and able to thrive in different settings. As Donna F Hammett writes, intelligent people adapt by “showing what can be done regardless of the complications or restrictions placed upon them.” Recent psychological research supports this idea: Intelligence depends on being able to change your own behaviors in order to cope more effectively with your environment or make changes to the environment you’re in.